Dr. Grant and the Mountain Nestorians.
New Jersey. Georgias Press. 2005. Facsimile Edition. Black and white line illustrations, xii + 418pp, index, facsimile, a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178159. More
New Jersey. Georgias Press. 2005. Facsimile Edition. Black and white line illustrations, xii + 418pp, index, facsimile, a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178159. More
New York. Walker & Company. 2008. Maps, black and white illustrated plates, xvi + 367pp, notes, selected bibliography, index, remainder mark upper edge, dustjacket a little soiled, good hardback copy. "The American invasion of Iraq has been a success - for the Kurds. Kurdistan is an invisible nation, and the..... More
Rushcutters Bay. Halstead. 2001. Endpaper maps, black and white photographic illustrations, 677pp, sources, index, very good copy in dustjacket. A fascinating compendium of essays, poems, interviews and short stories about and by Kurds. When referring to this item please quote stockid 95233. More
Paris. Librairie Hachette. 1965. Reprint. Endpaper map, colour folding maps, black and white line illustrations, cxxx + 25pp+ 559pp, index, two ribbon markers, good copy in blue wrappers marked and chipped at extremities, small octavo. Text in French. First published 1956; includes 25 pages of updated information from 1965. When..... More
Jerusalem. Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi Institute. 1981. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, 362pp, bibliography, spine slightly browned, binding little worn at head and tail and corners, light foxing top edge, otherwise sound copy. Compilation of articles, many previously published in Hebrew in Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi publications, under the headings: 'The..... More
New York. The Modern Library. 2003. Maps, xxxii + 184pp, index, notes, deacquisitioned ex-library copy with usual markings, edges little foxed, a good hardback copy in dustjacket. "In 'The Crisis of Islam' one of the West's foremost historians of Islam examines the roots of the frustration and resentment that exist..... More
New York. Oxford University Press. 2004. xiv + 438pp, notes, dustjacket, upper edge trifle foxed, remainder mark lower edge, a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178130. More
London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1998. Maps, 164pp, references, index, dustjacket, a very good hardback copy. "Most of the modern states of the Middle East are of recent origin, yet the region is the birthplace of three religions and many civilizations. Bernard Lewis, one of the world's most respected historians of..... More
London. Evans. 1956. Endpaper maps, illustrations, foreword by Sir John Glubb, 230pp, index, spine faded, boards slightly marked, a sound copy. Narrative of the Arab Legion dealing with Jordan and the Middle East, including the two World Wars and the Arab-Israeli question. When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
Rutland, Vermont. Charles E. Tuttle. 1958. Nine tipped in colour plates and two tipped in black and white plates, 32pp, small bookseller's label upper pastedown, very good copy in stiff card with dustjacket, little browned on reverse. The Story of Rustam is one of the epic story lines from The..... More
New York. AMS. 1970. Reprint from the edition of 1933. 2 volumes. Vol I: 2 folding maps, xi + 390pp. Vol II: viii + 418pp. Appendices, index, minor wear and marking cloth, neat stamp front paste-down endpaper, nice set. Lloyd's sequel to Lord Cromer's Modern Egypt, covering British Egypt between..... More
New York. Knopf. 1980. Black and white photographic illustrations, xi + 467pp, bibliography, references, index, dustjacket slightly worn at extremities, publisher's stamp lower edge, good copy. Biography of the "poet-adventurer whose own extraordinary life was his true magnum opus." Publisher's description. When referring to this item please quote stockid 10557..... More
Paris. Amyot, 1862. Half title, 403 pages, postscript and table of contents, 22.7 x 14 cm, spine renewed, early marbled boards, new endpapers, title and half title spotted and a few of the final leaves, in good condition. Scarce account of the French Expedition to Syria, after the events in..... More
London. Richard Cohen Books. 1995. Black and white illustrative plates, xvi + 365pp, index, bibliography, notes, hardback in protected dustjacket, upper cover a little marked, good copy. "A celebrated aristocratic beauty, Jane Digby married Lord Ellenborough at seventeen. Their divorce a few years later was one of England's most scandalous..... More
New Haven. Yale University Press. 2008. Maps and plans, profuse colour photographic illustrations, xvii + 395pp, appendix, notes, glossary, bibliography, index, dustjacket, a very good hardback copy. 31.3 x 26.3cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 179074. More
Princeton. Princeton Uni Press. 1965. xiii + 407pp, index, paperback, remainder mark lower edge. When referring to this item please quote stockid 41080. More
Boston. Houghton Mifflin. 1987. Endpaper maps, xii + 433pp, bibliography, index. Edges & boards slightly foxed, dustjacket little worn, a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 175573. More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 1995. Contents, notes on translation and transcription, notes, works cited, index, xiv +274pp. An excellent copy in paperback. "Men, Women and God(s) is a pioneering study of the Arab world's leading feminist and most controversial woman writer, Nawal El Saadawi......Fedwa Malti-Douglas makes the work of..... More
Brentwood. Worthy Publishing. 2014. Colour photographic plates, xv + 255pp, bibliography, notes, appendices, dustjacket, a very good copy. "The story of one American's Quixote-like vision for Kurdistan following Saddam's barbarous attacks of the early 1990s - encouraging the Kurds to build one of the most remarkable, hopeful, and prosperous cultures..... More
The Folio Society. 1980. Reprint. Numerous black and white engravings. Rendered into English from the Literal and Complete French Translation of Dr J.C. Mardrus by Powys Mathers. A four volume set. Vol I: ix + 644pp; Vol II: vii + 592pp; Vol III: vii + 569pp; Vol IV: viii +..... More
London. Bloomsbury. 1993. Endpaper maps, x + 485pp, appendix, good copy in dustjacket, slightly worn. A fictional account of a British/American assassination squad recruited to kill Saddam Hussein. When referring to this item please quote stockid 69225. More
Sydney. Allen & Unwin. 2003. Map, 288pp, covers slightly worn, spine sunned, author's inscription front free endpapers, a good paperback copy. "On September 11, Paul McGeough stood transfixed on the streets of downtown Manhattan. Only a month earlier he had been in Afghanistan, reporting on the humanitarian crisis gripping the..... More
BBC. 1968. Map, 191pp, appendix, index, good in worn dustjacket. A portrait of Israel and questions of immigration, economics, language and education. Ian McIntyre visited Israel to make a series of programmes for BBC Radio and this book is made up in large part from interviews which he had while..... More
Boulder. Westview Press. 1999. Black and white illustrations, ix + 220pp, notes, references, index, paperback. "In this important new work, Margaret Meriwether and Judith Tucker synthesize and make accessible the results of the extensive research on women and gender done over the last twenty years. Using new theoretical approaches and..... More
Victoria. Victoria College. 1990. Map, black and white illustrations, 168pp + 40 plates, appendix, bibliography, chronological chart, inscribed by the author on title page, upper edge lower cover damp stained in a small area, otherwise very good bound copy in staples. 29 x 21cm. The Victoria College Archaeology Research Unit's..... More